Could you become a Systems and Control Engineer?
Program Mission and Objectives
The mission of the Systems and Control Engineering program is to provide internationally
recognized excellence for graduate and undergraduate education and research in systems
analysis, design, and control. These theoretical
and applied areas require cross-disciplinary
tools and methods for their solution.
The Bachelor of Science program provides our
students with the basic concepts, analytical
tools, and engineering methods which are needed in analyzing and designing complex technological and non-technological systems. Problems which are studied include the modeling,
analysis, optimization and control of complex
biological, energy, and industrial systems.
The Program Objectives are that:
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Graduates will understand multidisciplinary phenomena using systems .
Graduates will use systems understanding,
critical thinking and problem solving skills
to analyze and design engineering systems
or processes that respond to technical and
societal needs.
Graduates will facilitate multidisciplinary
projects that bring together practitioners of
various engineering fields in an effective,
professional, and ethical manner.
The Systems and Control Engineering Program
is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation
Commission of ABET, Inc.
Systems and Control Engineers are general purpose problem
solvers. They know a lot about many different things, and a
great deal about putting things together. Systems and
Control Engineers often serve as the technical managers and
leaders in interdisciplinary projects.
Systems and
Control Engineering
@
EECS
If you are a “big
picture” person, with
strong abilities in
mathematics, good
communication skills,
and if you like to solve
problems and make
things work, then this
may be the career for
you.
Who Hires Systems and Control Engineers?
Our students are sought for their interdisciplinary and
problem solving skills. Employers include large companies,
small startups, and many medium size companies that need
technical team members for complex engineering design and
analysis problems.
They are hired by control engineering companies (Rockwell
Automation, Picker, Keithley, Honeywell), the automobile
companies Ford, GM) computer companies (IBM, Lucent,
Bellcore) by the aerospace industry (GE, JPL, NASA,
Boeing), by companies with manufacturing concerns (Intel,
Goodrich, GE, Proctor
& Gamble), by power
companies, and by
government agencies.
Chair: eecs-chair@case.edu
Office: 321 Glennan Building
Phone: 216-368-2802
Fax: 216-368-6888
Web: eecs.case.edu
Systems and Control
Engineering @ EECS
Snapshot
Degree Programs:
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Systems and Control
Engineering
Some Statistics:
7 primary faculty
10 Undergraduate students (Spring „11)
30 Graduate students (Spring „11)
Special Programs:
Domestic Co-op
Global Co-op
Junior year abroad
Undesignated B.S. (Design your own degree)
Integrated B.S./M.S. program
Master in Engineering (M.Eng.)
M.S. Co-op Program
Research Thrusts:
Wind Energy Systems
Electric Power Systems
Nonlinear and Stochastic Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Virtual Reality
Systems Biology
Complex Systems
Large-scale optimization
Multi-objective Optimization
Manufacturing Systems
Robotics
Employers (sampling):
Microsoft, Intel, General Electric, Apple,
Google, Rockwell, Keithley Instruments, IBM,
Agilent, Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Deloitte &
Touche, Guidant, Medtronic, Motorola, Price
WaterHouse, EMC
What do Systems and Control Engineering do?
What kind of courses do
Systems and Control majors take?
Systems and Control Engineers are the people
who “put things together” to make systems do
what they want them to do. In complicated
devices, such as automobile anti-lock braking
systems,
aircraft flight
controllers,
robotic
manufacturing
assembly lines,
rate-adaptive
pacemakers,
multimedia
computercommunication
systems and advanced petrochemical refineries,
the skills and talents of mechanical engineers,
electrical engineers, chemical engineers,
metallurgists, and
computer
engineers are
often required.
But it is the
systems and
control
engineers who
put all of the
component
subsystems together, to coordinate and
integrate the efforts of different specialists.
Systems and Control Engineers are trained in
the skills and tools that bring together the
efforts of several engineering fields, to make
things work
efficiently
and well to
make
things
happen!
The Systems and Control program contains
required courses as well as optional ones.
Required courses include topics such as
Engineering Optimization, Computer
Simulation, Systems Modeling, Control
Systems Design and Analysis, Signal
Analysis, Decision Theory and Engineering
Economics, as well as advanced mathematics
and statistics courses. Students take courses
from many other engineering departments.
There are three elective sequence options
within the major:
Control Systems - automation, control, and
signal processing, with electives in robotics
and machine intelligence
Systems Analysis - modelling, optimization,
decision making and computer simulation,
with electives in operations research and
management
Manufacturing and Industrial Systems production and manufacturing systems, with
electives in management and automation.
In addition to course work, there are “hands
on” laboratory courses, as well as computerbased laboratory experiences. The senior
year includes a design project where students
apply what they have learned in course work,
often in an interdisciplinary, team setting.
Also, all engineering majors at Case take
core engineering courses and options in the
sciences and mathematics, together with a
selection of humanities and social sciences.